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“Moonglass” could one day make solar panels to power lunar colonies

  • German researchers have developed a process to produce solar cells from Moon dust.
  • The lunar soil can be transformed into glass for solar panels, enabling power generation in future lunar colonies.
  • Using moonglass instead of traditional heavy glass panels would significantly reduce the weight and cost of spacecraft launch.
  • The newly developed solar cells were found to be more radiation-resistant and energy-efficient than current space solar cells.

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